NanoCollege gets $8.3 million for next-generation chip research

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering will get $8.3 million over the next five years through the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative, a computer chip research program funded by the federal government and a consortium of computer chip companies.

The money will go to the NanoCollege’s Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery and Exploration, or INDEX.

The NanoCollege is one of three research centers that will share $25 million in funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Semiconductor Research Corp., a consortium of chip manufacturers and university researchers. Two other schools, the University of Texas and the University of Nebraska, will also get five years of funding.

INDEX is focused on next-generation chips that will replace today’s designs using new materials and architecture.